Man accused of breaking into Arcadia church and 10 vehicles

Thursday

May 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM

An Arcadia man is facing 27 criminal charges after the Davidson County Sheriff's Office alleges he broke into nearly a dozen vehicles and a church.

From staff reports

An Arcadia man is facing 27 criminal charges after the Davidson County Sheriff's Office alleges he broke into nearly a dozen vehicles and a church.Tony Allen Mabe, 33, of 592 Circle Drive, has been charged with three counts of felony breaking and entering, two counts of felony breaking and entering into a place of worship, 10 counts of felony breaking and entering into motor vehicles, five counts of felony larceny after breaking and entering, one count of larceny of a firearm, two counts of felony larceny, two counts of misdemeanor larceny and two counts of damage to real property. He was arrested Wednesday without incident and placed in the Davidson County Detention Center under a $50,000 secured bond.Sheriff's deputies responded April 14 to a breaking and entering at Currytown Baptist Church in Arcadia, according to a news release. Two days later, the church — located a short distance from Mabe's residence — was broken into a second time.The DCSO Criminal Investigations Division began an investigation into the church break-ins. As a result, deputies discovered several other businesses, houses and vehicles had also been broken into in the Arcadia and Churchland communities.Mabe, according to arrest warrants, is accused of stealing a keyboard, drum machine, keyboard stand, two amplifiers, a projector, two microphones, three griddles, two speakers and two communion plates all valued at $3,150 from the church during the two break-ins. Mabe also is charged with taking more than $4,000 in property from the vehicles, the vast majority of which were tools.Additionally, Mabe is accused of breaking into a residence in the 600 block of Circle Drive and taking $1,550 in property, according to arrest warrants.Some of the property taken during the break-ins has been recovered, a spokesman with the sheriff's office said Thursday.